“A large amount of about 180 L of fluid is filtered by the human kidneys per day.” It is facilitated by all of the following, except

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about 1/5^th of cardiac output passes through the kidneys.

the glomerular capillaries are fenestrated and hence are leakier than normal capillaries.

the podocytes of the Bowman’s capsule leave filtration slits between their foot processes.

the efferent arteriole is wider than the afferent arteriole.

answer is D.

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The afferent arteriole is wider than the efferent arteriole.

On an average, 1100-1200 ml of blood is filtered by the kidneys per minute which constitute roughly 1/5th of the blood pumped out by each ventricle of the heart in a minute.

The epithelial cells of Bowman’s capsule called podocytes are arranged in an intricate manner so as to leave some minute spaces called filtration slits or slit pores.

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